Inventory of Illustrations from the Gelett Burgess Papers [graphic], ca. 1894-ca. 1920

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Inventory of Illustrations from the Gelett Burgess Papers [graphic], ca. 1894-ca. 1920

Collection number: BANC PIC 1953.006--A

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Date Completed:
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© 1997 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Collection Summary

Collection Title: Illustrations from the Gelett Burgess Papers [graphic],
Date (inclusive): ca. 1894-ca. 1920
Collection Number: BANC PIC 1953.006--A
Creator: Burgess, Gelett, 1866-1951
Extent: Number of items: ca. 350
Repository: The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Collection includes illustrations for books, magazines, and other projects; and various other works of art.
Languages Represented: English

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[Identification of item], Illustrations from the Gelett Burgess papers [graphic], BANC PIC 1953.006--A, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Related Collections

Title: Gelett Burgess Papers,
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS C-H 52

Material Cataloged Separately

Title: Artwork from the Gelett Burgess Papers,
Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 1959.069-.071--A

item 1-A

Blue Goops and Red. Drawings.

item 2-A

Bookplate design for George W. Armes Memorial Library, Stiles Hall, Berkeley.

item 3-A

Calendar art work.

item 4-A

Christmas card.

item 5-A

Commercial art.

item 6-A

Goops. Sketches and drawings. One item as BANC PIC 1953.006.6-C.

item 7-AX

History of Goopville. Drawings.

item 8-A

Imaginotions. Drawings.

item 9-AX

The Inchling. Drawings.

item 10-AX

Lady Mechante. Illustrations.

item 11-A

The Lark. Hand-illustrated case for volume.

item 12-A

Lettering, alphabets, etc., including original drawings of initials used in The Lark.

item 13-AX

Lively city O'Ligg. Illustrations.

item 14-B

Liverbone goops. Sketches, drawings and one watercolor.

item 15-A

Magazine illustrations, primarily for The Puritan, The Sketch and other English magazines, ca. 1898-1900.

item 16-B

Maps.

item 17-A

Maxims of Methuselah. Drawings.

item 18-A

Mrs. Noah's Ark. Watercolor illustration.

item 19-AX

Le Petit Journal des Refusees. Illustrations.

item 20-A

Purple Cow. Reproduction of Burgess drawing.

item 21-AX

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Jr., by Wallace Irwin. Illustrations.

item 22-A

Turn of the Screw. Illustrations.

item 23-A

Watercolors (misc.)

item 24-A

Misc. drawings and sketches. A few as BANC PIC 1953.006.24-AX.

item 25-AX

Anthropoid Architecture in London. One drawing.

item 26-B

Portraits of Gelett Burgess, one by Norman Rockwell.

item 27-B

Photostats of three drawings; gift of California Book Club, May 1968.